Religion Founders
His death in 632 A.D. led to a dispute over whether Abu Bakr or Ali was his true successor
Muhammed
If you're miffed Muffy, you're "seeing" this color
This country, an enclave in Italy, is smaller than the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The Vatican
The epistolary novel is usually made up of these, like "The Screwtape" kind
Also an article of clothing, it's a projecting part of a coastline
Joseph Smith said the angel Moroni told him of a set of golden plates that Joseph translated into this text
The Book of Mormon
Something that shows up completely unexpectedly does it in this 4-word manner
out of the blue
It was first offered as a fountain beverage at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886
Coca-Cola
"The Boy Next Door", a 21st century novel by Meg Cabot, uses this newer form of correspondence
In Roman times it was territory outside Italy ruled by a governor; today its a political division in nations like Canada
a province
In founding Christian Science, she promoted the concept that sickness is spiritual, not material
(Mary Baker) Eddy
A complete embarrassment to a family is this wool giver
a black sheep
This animal, a proverbial symbol of grace, also has pure speed: it can run at 50 miles per hour
Gazelle
Wallflower Charlie writes, "Dear friend" at the beginner of his entries in the Stephen Chbosky novel
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Bisecting North America hydrologically, this line has been called thie "backbone of America"
The Continental Divide
Tradition says in the 500s B.C. this Iranian prophet learned of the spirits of truth and falsehood
Zoroaster
Bringing your lunch to work is called this, named for the paper container that holds the sanwich
brown bagging
The name of this 2-hulled boat is from the Tamil for "tied wood"
catamaran
Made into a Christpher Nolan film, this novel is told through the diaries of 2 rival Victorian magicians
The Prestige
A rugged mountain pass is a gap, & an especially rugged gap is notch, like this one just east of Burlington
Smuggler's Notch
Daily Double!
A guiding principle of Mahavira, considered a founder of Jainism, was ahisma, this principle also advocated by Ghandi
Non-violence
grey cells
On Nov. 12, 1833 these meteor showers were seen across all of North America, sparking a serious study of meteor showers
The Leonids
DAILY DOUBLE!
In a Lionel Shriver novel, a mom writes notes to a dad because of a "Need to Talk About" this dangerous son
Kevin (Khatchadourian)
Fed by an aquifer, the world's largest of these in Saudi Arabia is the al-Ahsa
an oasis